Grading System and Grade Description
How grades are calculated and what they mean.
Grading system helps learners figure the amount of knowledge they have gained. It is also a method used to assess learners’ educational performance.
The Averaging System of grading as mandated by the Department of Education. This means that the final rating in each discipline is computed by taking the average of the grades obtained from the first to fourth quarters. A school year is divided into four (4) grading periods called quarters. A Transmutation Table, also prescribed by the Department of Education, is used to compute for the final quarterly grades of the learners, and that all grades shall be expressed in whole numbers. It is in the same manner that the general weighted average or GWA is computed.
N.B.(RMRPSBE; Sec. 144)
Although mandatory for the public schools, private schools have discretion whether to adopt the same or not. Private school may adopt their own grading system as long as the basic requirement that the academic grades are solely based on scholastic performance is strictly complied with. Also, there shall be established policy stipulated in a manual.
- Grade Description (Preschool)
- E – Exemplary- Extremely good in surpassing expectationsA – Accomplished- Meeting ExpectationsD – Developing- Moderately meeting expectationsB – Beginning- Slightly meeting expectations
- Grade Description (Grades 1 to 12)
Numeric Grading Scale Description Remarks 96 - 100 Excellent Extremely good in surpassing expectations 90 - 95 Highly Satisfactory Fairly surpassing expectations 85 - 89 Good Meeting expectations 80 - 84 Satisfactory Moderately meeting expectations 76 - 79 Fair Slightly meeting expectations 75 Pass Conditionally meeting expectations 74 and below Fail Fail Not meeting expectations - Report CardA report card or SF 9 communicates a learner’s performance academically. It is an official document issued by the school to the learner’s parent and/or guardian at the close of each quarter, to keep the parents and/or guardians posted on the learner’s performance and behavior in school. The report card is released during the Parent-Teacher Consultation and returned to the class adviser not later than three (3) days after issuance.